RMSC tryout results 2022

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Anonymous wrote:Who does private lessons? Where do you get them

You find a swimmer who is at RMSC but is very good. No way did they learn that on their own atRMSC. Become friends with the parents and quietly ask them who helped their kid and promise never to disclose you had this talk.

RMSC is known for being mad when kids get lessons and yet they don't do stroke work. They live in complete delusion that they created these swimmers!

We started at another club and once my child's strokes were good,we moved to RMSC. Probably should have just gone to NCAP but RMSC worked out because there was a strong foundation and access to lessons.

I only disclose the name of our coach for private lessons to a few people I trust.

We do about 4 lessons in winter and 3-4 in summer.

This is a strange comment. My kid is one of the top swimmers in PVS and trains with other top PVS swimmers. I haven’t heard of any from his/her that did private swim lessons. Not saying it doesn’t happen but it isn’t as commonplace as you’re implying, or weirdly secretive. What site were you at?

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My top level RMSC swimmers have never done a private lesson and while I don’t know exactly what their teammates have done, most of us have been swimming together since the kids were little and private lessons are not commonplace in this group

That’s because the top level get good coaches and smaller groups. The basic group is huge and gets the worst or new coaches.

This is definitely true when swimmers reach that point, but minis is minis and no extra lessons for anyone I know. Mine went straight through advanced juniors, but some spent time in juniors and still didn’t add on privates. Just my experience.

Maybe not for people you know but we and a bunch of others did private. The advanced groups get the better coaches.

I know, I've seen it. I am one who acknowledges our experience is not the same as the path of those through juniors. I am also one who has commented on this site multiple times that I have rarely heard anything good about a specific coach/group that we were lucky to bypass.

I just get frustrated with the "no one" actually learns at RMSC, they don't do "any" stroke work, "everyone" does privates. It just simply isn't true. My guess is privates are most common in the junior groups, especially at a particular site.

The regular groups are a money grab. They are very large and coaches hit or miss.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who does private lessons? Where do you get them

You find a swimmer who is at RMSC but is very good. No way did they learn that on their own atRMSC. Become friends with the parents and quietly ask them who helped their kid and promise never to disclose you had this talk.

RMSC is known for being mad when kids get lessons and yet they don't do stroke work. They live in complete delusion that they created these swimmers!

We started at another club and once my child's strokes were good,we moved to RMSC. Probably should have just gone to NCAP but RMSC worked out because there was a strong foundation and access to lessons.

I only disclose the name of our coach for private lessons to a few people I trust.

We do about 4 lessons in winter and 3-4 in summer.

This is a strange comment. My kid is one of the top swimmers in PVS and trains with other top PVS swimmers. I haven’t heard of any from his/her that did private swim lessons. Not saying it doesn’t happen but it isn’t as commonplace as you’re implying, or weirdly secretive. What site were you at?

My kid was a NTG swimmer at RMSC and never did a private swim lesson. I don't think any of his teammates did either.

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My top level RMSC swimmers have never done a private lesson and while I don’t know exactly what their teammates have done, most of us have been swimming together since the kids were little and private lessons are not commonplace in this group

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who does private lessons? Where do you get them

You find a swimmer who is at RMSC but is very good. No way did they learn that on their own atRMSC. Become friends with the parents and quietly ask them who helped their kid and promise never to disclose you had this talk.

RMSC is known for being mad when kids get lessons and yet they don't do stroke work. They live in complete delusion that they created these swimmers!

We started at another club and once my child's strokes were good,we moved to RMSC. Probably should have just gone to NCAP but RMSC worked out because there was a strong foundation and access to lessons.

I only disclose the name of our coach for private lessons to a few people I trust.

We do about 4 lessons in winter and 3-4 in summer.

This is a strange comment. My kid is one of the top swimmers in PVS and trains with other top PVS swimmers. I haven’t heard of any from his/her that did private swim lessons. Not saying it doesn’t happen but it isn’t as commonplace as you’re implying, or weirdly secretive. What site were you at?

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My top level RMSC swimmers have never done a private lesson and while I don’t know exactly what their teammates have done, most of us have been swimming together since the kids were little and private lessons are not commonplace in this group

That’s because the top level get good coaches and smaller groups. The basic group is huge and gets the worst or new coaches.

This is definitely true when swimmers reach that point, but minis is minis and no extra lessons for anyone I know. Mine went straight through advanced juniors, but some spent time in juniors and still didn’t add on privates. Just my experience.

Maybe not for people you know but we and a bunch of others did private. The advanced groups get the better coaches.

I know, I've seen it. I am one who acknowledges our experience is not the same as the path of those through juniors. I am also one who has commented on this site multiple times that I have rarely heard anything good about a specific coach/group that we were lucky to bypass.

I just get frustrated with the "no one" actually learns at RMSC, they don't do "any" stroke work, "everyone" does privates. It just simply isn't true. My guess is privates are most common in the junior groups, especially at a particular site.

The regular groups are a money grab. They are very large and coaches hit or miss.

This seems to be the consensus from the kids on our summer team who did RMSC for the first time last year - none of them are returning.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who does private lessons? Where do you get them

You find a swimmer who is at RMSC but is very good. No way did they learn that on their own atRMSC. Become friends with the parents and quietly ask them who helped their kid and promise never to disclose you had this talk.

RMSC is known for being mad when kids get lessons and yet they don't do stroke work. They live in complete delusion that they created these swimmers!

We started at another club and once my child's strokes were good,we moved to RMSC. Probably should have just gone to NCAP but RMSC worked out because there was a strong foundation and access to lessons.

I only disclose the name of our coach for private lessons to a few people I trust.

We do about 4 lessons in winter and 3-4 in summer.

This is a strange comment. My kid is one of the top swimmers in PVS and trains with other top PVS swimmers. I haven’t heard of any from his/her that did private swim lessons. Not saying it doesn’t happen but it isn’t as commonplace as you’re implying, or weirdly secretive. What site were you at?

+1
My top level RMSC swimmers have never done a private lesson and while I don’t know exactly what their teammates have done, most of us have been swimming together since the kids were little and private lessons are not commonplace in this group

That’s because the top level get good coaches and smaller groups. The basic group is huge and gets the worst or new coaches.

This is definitely true when swimmers reach that point, but minis is minis and no extra lessons for anyone I know. Mine went straight through advanced juniors, but some spent time in juniors and still didn’t add on privates. Just my experience.

Maybe not for people you know but we and a bunch of others did private. The advanced groups get the better coaches.

I know, I've seen it. I am one who acknowledges our experience is not the same as the path of those through juniors. I am also one who has commented on this site multiple times that I have rarely heard anything good about a specific coach/group that we were lucky to bypass.

I just get frustrated with the "no one" actually learns at RMSC, they don't do "any" stroke work, "everyone" does privates. It just simply isn't true. My guess is privates are most common in the junior groups, especially at a particular site.

The regular groups are a money grab. They are very large and coaches hit or miss.

This seems to be the consensus from the kids on our summer team who did RMSC for the first time last year - none of them are returning.

Really, I’ve heard people say this about almost every club and sport if they aren’t training the elite group. All I know is the regular seniors group at our site had zero openings for new swimmers and turn over would be much greater if parents and their teens didn’t value it.

[Anonymous]

Has anyone received the results this year?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:my kid was rejected by rmsc ksac and rmsc rockville. was accepted for rmsc rays

Ha ha! Stop it!

She's an off-meds depressed recluse and this is the only fun she has, leave her alone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone received the results this year?

As I recall the notification date was supposed to be the 27th or 28th, by email. ( = 07/27/2023, since this is an older thread)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Has anyone received the results this year?

As I recall the notification date was supposed to be the 27th or 28th, by email. ( = 07/27/2023, since this is an older thread)

Yes, I believe notifications will go out by COB this Friday.

Brutal chances for one age group at one of the sites - 180 trying out for just 5 slots.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Has anyone received the results this year?

As I recall the notification date was supposed to be the 27th or 28th, by email. ( = 07/27/2023, since this is an older thread)

We were told that decisions were made last night

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone received the results this year?

As I recall the notification date was supposed to be the 27th or 28th, by email. ( = 07/27/2023, since this is an older thread)

We were told that decisions were made last night

We're talking notifications here.

Nobody was notified last night.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone received the results this year?

As I recall the notification date was supposed to be the 27th or 28th, by email. ( = 07/27/2023, since this is an older thread)

We were told that decisions were made last night

We're talking notifications here.

Nobody was notified last night.

It says this on their web page w/ info about tryouts:

Results for tryouts will be emailed after both tryout dates have occurred. All participants who attended either tryout date will receive an email no later than July 28, 2023.